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The Fourth Edition Builds on Past Strengths and Adds New Ones...; Student Centered. Culturally Diverse Students. Evidence-Based Standards. Written by renowned authors Donna Alvermann and Steven Phelps, the Fourth Edition includes more emphasis and information on addressing the literacy needs of English language learners and culturally diverse students, a new focus on evidence-based practices and standards, and key information on newer frameworks for reading and writing instruction, such as the sociocultural New Literacies Framework, that equips... MORE students to teach content area literacy from a student-centered approach. What Continues to Make This Book a Best Seller...; bull; bull;Increased discussion of English language learners. bull;New evidence-based research icons highlighting current research bull;New standards icons from various subject areas help pre-service teachers make the connection on how content area literacy instruction helps them meet the standards in their disciplines. bull;New writing icons throughout the chapters point to writing examples. bull;Thoroughly revised Chapter 7, ";Reading to Learn."; bull;New information for all of the content areas in every chapter is represented in the examples, lessons, vignettes, and scenarios, making it easier for students enrolled from different discipline areas to locate content-specific/relevant examples. Ringing Endorsements for Content Area Reading and Literacy, Fourth Edition ";Chapter 14-";Teaching for Diversity."; This is an excellent chapter that certification students and other graduate students can use to understand more about the types of diversity categories that are present in instructional settings. This textbook is excellent for students."; Lavernia F. Hutchison, University of Houston-Central Campus ";There are many strengths in this text. I particularly like the way it is laid out. I believe that helping the students to see the importance of content literacy from the very beginning is extremely important. Immediately following this topic the students then move directly into diversity, which includes the understanding the meaning of language and culture. Both of these topics form the basis for the rest of the course. Overall, I believe that this book is an excellent text for teaching in the Content Area."; Randy M. Wood, Baylor University ";The strengths of this text include the authors in depth knowledge of the field of content area reading. Their chapter on assessing textbooks is invaluable for secondary teachers who don't understand the difficulty of some textbooks and the problems these texts can cause students. The chapter on multiculturalism and the ESL learner is a strength. The chapter on vocabulary is outstanding."; Patricia J. Pollifrone, Gannon University Please visit the book specific website at: http://www.ablongman.com/alvermann4e to learn more.

Content Area Reading and Literacy, Fourth Edition equips students to teach content area literacy from a student-centered approach and focuses on the content literacy needs of students from diverse cultural and language backgrounds.

Preface

xiii

Content Literacy and the Reading Process

(32)

Assumptions Underlying Content Teaching

(8)

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Subject Matter

(1)

Role of the Textbook

(1)

Active and Independent Readers

(4)

Fluent Readers

(1)

Fluency with Information Technology

(2)

What It Means to Be Literate

(5)

Literate Thinking

(1)

Content Literacy

(2)

The New Literacy Studies

(2)

The Reading Process

(14)

A Cognitive View

(8)

A Social Constructionist Perspective

(3)

The Role of Motivation

(3)

Summary

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Language, Diversity, and Culture

(27)

Language as a Vehicle for Teaching and Learning Content

(4)

Seeing Language as Social Practice

(1)

Dealing with Gendered Language in the Classroom and the Text

(3)

Diversity in Language and Learning

(10)

Second-Language Acquisition and Learning

(4)

Dialect Differences

(3)

Struggling or Reluctant Readers

(1)

Gifted Learners

(1)

Teaching and Learning in Culturally Diverse Classrooms

(4)

Today's Youth Culture

(2)

CREDE's Standards for Effective Pedagogy and Learning

(1)

Integrating Language, Culture, and Content

(1)

Culturally Responsive Professional Growth

(4)

Appreciating Diversity

(2)

Involving Parents and Community

(1)

Linking School and Home

(1)

Summary

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Creating a Favorable Learning Environment

(28)

Affective Characteristics

(7)

Linking Content Literacy with Students' Lives

(4)

Adaptive Instruction

(2)

Providing Choices

(1)

Forms of Grouping

(8)

Ability Grouping

(2)

Cooperative Learning

(3)

Cross-Age Tutoring

(1)

Discussion Groups

(1)

Reading and Writing Workshops

(1)

Creating Community with Technology and Multimedia

(5)

Technology

(2)

Multimedia

(1)

Assistive Technology

(1)

Conflict Resolution

(3)

What the Research Says

(1)

Strategies for Managing Conflict

(2)

Summary

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Planning for Content Literacy

(37)

Instructional Decision Making

(8)

Content Objectives

(2)

Language and Literacy Objectives

(1)

Learning Materials

(1)

Student Capabilities and Needs

(3)

Evaluation and Assessment

(1)

Planning and Educational Technology

(6)

Teaching Resources on the Web

101

(2)

Planning Student Involvement with the Internet

103

(2)

Structured Frameworks for Content Literacy Lessons

105

(6)

Direct Instruction

105

(1)

The Instructional Framework

106

(1)

Reciprocal Teaching

107

(3)

Problem-Based Learning

110

(1)

Beyond the Daily Plan: Unit Planning

111

(13)

Interdisciplinary Teaching

111

(2)

Thematic Teaching

113

(1)

Integrative Curriculum

114

(2)

Unit Planning

116

(8)

Summary

124

(1)

Suggested Readings

124

(1)

Assessment of Students and Textbooks

125

(39)

Assessing Students

128

(30)

Tests and Testing: A Consumer Advisory

128

(4)

Types of Assessment

132

(5)

Learning about Students

137

(7)

Grades and Grading

144

(8)

Portfolio Assessment

152

(6)

Assessing Textbooks

158

(4)

Readability Formulas

159

(2)

Consumer Judgments

161

(1)

Summary

162

(1)

Suggested Readings

163

(1)

Preparing to Read

164

(27)

The Role of Prior Knowledge

167

(2)

Barriers to New Learning

167

(2)

The Teacher's Task

169

(1)

Assessing and Building Prior Knowledge

169

(5)

The List-Group-Label Strategy

169

(1)

Graphic Organizers

170

(1)

Reading and Listening

171

(1)

Writing

172

(2)

Activating Prior Knowledge with Prereading Strategies

174

(16)

Anticipation Guides

175

(6)

Web Quest Problem-Solving Activity

181

(4)

K-W-L

185

(5)

Summary

190

(1)

Suggested Readings

190

(1)

Reading to Learn

191

(40)

Constructing Meaning with Text

194

(1)

Helping Students Comprehend

195

(6)

Teaching Students to be Strategic

196

(2)

Making Text Comprehensible

198

(1)

The Role of Fluency in Comprehension

198

(3)

Questions and Questioning

201

(13)

When to Ask

202

(1)

What to Ask

203

(6)

How to Ask

209

(5)

Comprehension Guides

214

(5)

Three-Level Guides

215

(2)

Selective Reading Guides

217

(2)

Interactive Reading Guides

219

(1)

Sensing and Responding to Text Structure

219

(10)

Common Text Structures

219

(3)

Teaching about Text Structures

222

(7)

Summary

229

(1)

Suggested Readings

230

(1)

Increasing Vocabulary and Conceptual Growth

231

(36)

Learning Words and Concepts

233

(1)

How Students Learn Vocabulary

234

(5)

Word-Learning Tasks

235

(1)

Levels of Word Knowledge

236

(1)

Readers' Resources for Learning New Words

237

(2)

Teaching Vocabulary

239

(10)

Criteria for Selecting Vocabulary

241

(1)

Guidelines for Vocabulary Instruction

242

(1)

Strategies for Introducing and Teaching Vocabulary

243

(6)

Developing Students' Independence

249

(11)

Using Context Clues

249

(2)

Using Familiar Word Parts

251

(2)

Using Dictionaries

253

(1)

Vocabulary Self-Collection

254

(1)

Intensive Approaches for Struggling Readers and English Language Learners

255

(5)

Reinforcing Vocabulary

260

(5)

Matching Activities, Puzzles, and Games

260

(1)

Categorizing Activities

260

(2)

Analogies

262

(3)

Summary

265

(1)

Suggested Readings

266

(1)

Reflecting on Reading

267

(25)

Engaging Students through Discussion

270

(5)

Small-Group Discussions

270

(3)

Peer-Led Literature Circles

273

(2)

Guiding Student Reflection

275

(8)

Reaction Guides

275

(2)

Reading for Different Purposes

277

(2)

Discussion Webs

279

(1)

Intra-Act Procedure

280

(3)

Promoting Critical Literacy

283

(8)

Teaching Literacy for Critical Awareness

284

(1)

Incorporating Critical Media Literacy into the Curriculum

285

(6)

Summary

291

(1)

Suggested Readings

291

(1)

Writing across the Curriculum

292

(42)

What Content Teachers Need to Know about Writing

294

(9)

Writing and Reading

294

(2)

The Writing Process

296

(3)

Social Construction of Writing

299

(2)

Writing and the Computer

301

(2)

Writing Activities for Content Areas

303

(16)

Writing Assignments

303

(3)

Learning Logs and Journals

306

(3)

Other Informal Writing Activities

309

(1)

Reviewing and Summarizing

310

(4)

Guiding Student Writing

314

(5)

Writing to Inquire

319

(10)

Preparing for Student Inquiry

321

(1)

Collecting and Organizing Information

322

(3)

Writing a Report

325

(1)

Alternatives to the Traditional Research Report

326

(3)

Responding to Student Writing

329

(4)

Peer Responses

330

(1)

Teacher Conferences

331

(1)

Formal Evaluation

332

(1)

Summary

333

(1)

Suggested Readings

333

(1)

Studying and Study Strategies

334

(23)

Prerequisites for Effective Studying

337

(2)

Motivation

337

(1)

Teachers' Expectations

337

(1)

Knowledge of the Criterion Task

338

(1)

Domain Knowledge

338

(1)

Accessing Information

339

(3)

Information Literacy and Library Skills

339

(2)

Web Site Evaluation

341

(1)

Preparing for Tests

342

(4)

Objective Tests

342

(2)

Subjective Tests

344

(1)

Role of Homework

344

(2)

Using Study Strategies

346

(10)

Task Awareness with SQ3R

347

(1)

Strategy Awareness

348

(2)

Performance Awareness

350

(1)

Note-Taking Strategies

350

(2)

Compare/Contrast Study Matrix

352

(1)

Internet Search Strategies

353

(3)

Summary

356

(1)

Suggested Readings

356

(1)

Developing Lifetime Readers: Literature in Content Area Classes

357

(26)

Benefits of Using Literature in Content Areas

361

(2)

Encouraging Responses to Literature

363

(2)

Integrating Literature into Content Areas

365

(11)

Uses of Literature in Content Areas

366

(5)

Fiction and Nonfiction for Content Areas

371

(5)

Developing Awareness of Diversity through Literature

376

(6)

Summary

382

(1)

Suggested Readings

382

(1)

Appendix A Word Lover's Booklist

383

(2)

Appendix B Read-Aloud Books for Content Areas

385

(3)

Appendix C Trade Books for Science, Math, and Social Studies

388

(5)

Appendix D Culturally Conscious Trade Books

393

(5)

Appendix E Standards for the Content Areas

398

(1)

References

399

(24)

Author Index

423

(5)

Subject Index

428

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